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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-safety-and-load-line-conventions-act-1932/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-6",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/22-23/9",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping (Safety And Load Line Conventions) Act 1932",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-safety-and-load-line-conventions-act-1932",
  "path": "schedule/FIRST/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the case of passenger ships engaged on international voyages which are employed in the carriage of large numbers of unberthed passengers in special trades, such, for example, as the pilgrim trade, an Administration, if satisfied that it is impracticable to enforce compliance with the requirements of this Chapter, may exempt such ships, when they belong to its country, from those requirements on the following conditions:—\n(a) That the fullest provision which the circumstances of the trade will permit shall be made in the matter of construction:\n(b) That steps shall be taken to formulate general rules which shall be applicable to the particular circumstances of these trades. Such rules shall be formulated in concert with such other Contracting Governments, if any, as may be directly interested in the carriage of such passengers.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/22-23/9/schedule/FIRST/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:38:08.703628+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}